But the two systems diverge when there is no majority winner. Plurality simply chooses the candidates with the most first-place votes, while ranked choice voting eliminates the person with the fewest ...

People frequently are forced to vote for someone other than their preference, keeping us in a two-party duopoly.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia officials are discussing if they should change the voting system from a majority system, which requires candidates to get more than half of the vote to win an election. This ...

Port Arthur residents again are asking the city council to consider a change from a majority-rules system to instead electing representatives based on a plurality of the votes. Hardner Williams of ...

Tybee Island residents are considering changing their voting system from a plurality system to a majority system. The potential change was prompted by conversations between Mayor Brian West and state ...

EPISD elections could still face runoffs for the foreseeable future, after trustees narrowly rejected a proposal to discuss switching to a plurality vote system. The EPISD board of trustees voted ...

There is no question that plurality voting (Alaska’s old voting system, which Ballot Measure 2 would reinstate) is simpler than the new ranked choice system we operate under now. Plurality voting is, ...

Ranked voting, also known as ranked-choice voting or preferential voting, is an electoral system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. This system has gained traction around the ...

On Tuesday night the GUSA Senate voted to change the method of voting in the presidential election from instant runoff voting to a plurality system. This change comes in response to controversy over ...

COLUMBIA — The city of Columbia is the only municipality in Richland County that uses runoff elections. That could soon change. Columbia uses the majority voting system — meaning that a candidate for ...